Lewis S., News and Society in the Greek Polis,Chapel Hill, 1996,
206 p. CR :
BMCR;
une citation: "Her basic question is fresh and intriguing: what is
the function of news in Greek society? Thence spring derivative
questions concerning the relationship of news to information and
dissemination, to affirmation and propaganda, to an individual's
status and role in the community, to a government's control over
its citizens, and to the maintenance of cultural values."

Russell Fr. S., Information Gathering in Classical
Greece, Ann Arbor, The University of Michigan Press, 2000, 267 p. CR :
BMCR,
une citation: «Russell's study is part of a growing body of
work on the processes of information in the ancient world, Greek
and Roman, e.g. N.J.E. Austin and N.B. Rankov, Exploratio:
military and political intelligence in the Roman world from the
Second Punic War to the battle of Adrianople (London 1995); A.D.
Lee, Information and Frontiers: Roman foreign relations in late
Antiquity (Cambridge 1993); S. Lewis, News and Society in the
Greek Polis (London 1996).»

Carcopino J., Daily Life in Ancient Rome: The People and
the City at the Height of the Empire. Edited and annotated by Henry T.
Rowell. Translated by E. O. Lorimer. Second Edition with a new Introduction
and Bibliographic Essay by Mary Beard, New Haven, Yale U.P., 2003, 346 p.
Traduction de l'ouvrage précédent. CR :
BMCR.

Sebesta J. L., Bonfante L. [Éd.], The World
of Roman Costume, Madison, The University of Wisconson Press, 2001, 272
p. CR :
BMCR.
Treize contributions. "There are four main sections to the
book : Roman Garments, Hairstyles, Accessories; Roman Costume
and Literary Evidence; Roman Costume and Geographic Questions;
Reconstructions. Clothing types under discussion range in date
from the Late Republic to the Late Empire, and come from
geographical regions both near and far from Rome, including areas
as remote as Asia."